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Fob1 and Fob2 Proteins Are Virulence Determinants of Rhizopus oryzae via Facilitating Iron Uptake from Ferrioxamine. [PDF]

, 2015
Dialysis patients with chronic renal failure receiving deferoxamine for treating iron overload are uniquely predisposed for mucormycosis, which is most often caused by Rhizopus oryzae.
Chou, Tsui-Fen, Edwards, John E, French, Samuel W, Gebremariam, Teclegiorgis, Ibrahim, Ashraf S, Lin, Lin, Liu, Mingfu, Luo, Guanpingsheng, Skory, Christopher D   +8 more
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Proven invasive pulmonary mucormycosis successfully treated with amphotericin B and surgery in patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia: a case report [PDF]

, 2013
INTRODUCTION: Invasive mucormycosis (zygomycosis) is the third most frequent fungal infection in patients with hematologic malignancies. It often results in a fatal outcome mainly due to the difficulty of early diagnosis and its resistance to ...
Aleksandra Barac, Ana Vidovic, Dragica Tomin, Irena Djunic, Radoslav Jakovic, Valentina Arsic-Arsenijevic, Zlatibor Loncar   +6 more
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The hospitalization rate and clinical characteristics of mucormycosis prior and during COVID-19 pandemic: A single-center study

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2023
Introduction: There have been some reports of the association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and mucormycosis. This study aims to compare the hospitalization rates and clinical characteristics of mucormycosis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Mehrdad Estakhr, Zahra Ghotbi, Mahtab Rostamihosseinkhani, Etrat Hooshmandi, Masoud Janipour, Vahid Reza Ostovan, Nima Fadakar, Hanieh Bazrafshan, Zahra Bahrami, Abbas Rahimi-Jaberi, Maryam Poursadeghfard, Masoumeh Nazeri, Pariya Kouhi, Peyman Petramfar, Sadegh Izadi, Zohreh Barzegar, Ehsan Nikzadeh, Sarvin Sasannia, Shahram Arsang-Jang, Reza Tabrizi, Behzad Khademi, Mahsa Kohandel-Shirazi, Mohammad Saied Salehi, Nahid Ashjazadeh, Bijan Khademi, Mohammad Javad Ashraf, Owrang Eilami, Amir Roudgari, Mohsen Moghaddami, Kamiar Zomorodian, Hamid Badali, Afshin Borhani-Haghighi   +31 more
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Lung Biopsies in Patients Referred for Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: Diagnostic Accuracy, Diagnostic Yield, and Clinical Utility

Transplant Infectious Disease, EarlyView.
Among patients referred for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation with pulmonary opacities, lung biopsy provided a diagnosis in 72% of procedures and altered management in 51%. Despite a 7% major complication rate, lung biopsy frequently clarified noninfectious etiologies when bronchoscopy was inconclusive.
Sergio Rodriguez‐Rodriguez, Ayman Sayyed, Swe Mar Linn, Caden Chiarello, Mats Remberger, Igor Novitzky‐Basso, Patrik Rogalla, Shahid Husain, Jonas Mattsson   +8 more
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Investigating the Hepcidin Gene Polymorphisms in COVID-19-Associated Mucormycosis Susceptibility: A Clinical-Laboratory Study [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences
Background: Following the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak (COVID-19), it became a worrisome health burden worldwide. COVID-19-associated mucormycosis emergence, characterized by dysregulated inflammation and iron metabolism, exacerbated the prognosis ...
Reyhaneh Ravanbakhsh, Yalda Farhand, Fatemeh Ravanbakhsh Ghavghani   +2 more
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Coronavirus disease 2019-associated mucormycosis of the head-and-neck area: A new rise of dreaded black fungus in the current pandemic

Journal of the Scientific Society, 2022
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is currently evolving and associated with more complications with invasive fungal infection like mucormycosis.
Santosh Kumar Swain, Pragnya Paramita Jena   +1 more
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Tracheal, laryngeal and pulmonary mucormycosis followed by organizing pneumonia in a patient with Adult Onset Still's Disease

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018
We report a case of tracheal, laryngeal and pulmonary mucormycosis in a patient receiving immunosuppressive medication for an autoinflammatory fever syndrome.
Fabian Leo, Michael Zeh, Annegret Prothmann, Oliver Kurzai, Sylke Kurz, Christian Grohé   +5 more
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Epidemiology of Mucormycosis in India

Microorganisms, 2021
Mucormycosis is an angioinvasive disease caused by saprophytic fungi of the order Mucorales. The exact incidence of mucormycosis in India is unknown due to the lack of population-based studies.
Hariprasath Prakash, Arunaloke Chakrabarti   +1 more
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Paresthesia and Facial Bone Destruction due to Chronic Granulomatous Invasive Aspergillosis in the Left Maxillary Sinus

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT We report a case of chronic granulomatous invasive aspergillosis in a 56‐year‐old male teacher from South Kordofan, Sudan, who underwent surgery in 2007 to remove his left orbital aspergillus granuloma. The patient developed progressive facial swelling beginning in 2017 and paraesthesia in the left zygomatico‐maxillary region, despite initial ...
Rawa Badri, Matthew C. Fisher, Ahmed Hassan Fahal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An insight into the pathophysiology of mucormycosis: Lesson learnt during COVID pandemic

National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Mucormycosis, a lethal fungal infection caused by Rhizopus oryzae, has gained significant attention due to its association with the COVID-19 pandemic. The causal relationship between COVID-19 and mucormycosis is not yet fully understood.
Sukanti Bhattacharyya, Samashaptak, Purushottam Chatterjee   +2 more
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